One of "Your" air rifles..

[Mortblanc]

Getting the flatter trajectory of the .177 at the low power level of the HW30 was the reason I returned the .22 and waited on the .177.

I can see how you guys with a power limit would prefer the lighter, flatter shooting choice when ranges vary and the trajectory of the .22 at 12 pound limit is so steep.

However, I did find that the .22 HW30 was extremely accurate, even with the heavy JSB 18 grain pellets. You coud see them traveling through the air, probably no more then 400fps, but they hit in the same spot time after time.

At a set range where there would be no estimation of distance involved it would not matter much.

Right now I am shooting the .177 at 11 yards and at 20 yards and the trajectory listing on the computer seems to be dead on. I am an inch high at 20 yards and my zero path crosses back down at 35 yards.

I am awaiting a set of scope rings with a stop pin so I can use my preferred scope on the HW30. At that point I will have a scope with graduated adjustments so I can click in and return to zero at will. I will also have parallax adjustment down to 6 yards.

At the moment I am using a long eye relief low power scope abducted for one of my scout rifles and set out on the barrel. It is not ideal for this application and I am not getting the best out of the rifle.